New York Housing Authority to Get State Aid for Security

Three days after a New York police officer assigned to patrol public housing was killed, the governor’s office announced on Friday that the city’s housing agency would receive nearly $42 million from the state to bolster security at dozens of projects with violent crime.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said the money would pay for security cameras, lighting and new audio technology that detects gunshots and their location at some 70 New York City Housing Authority developments. The $41.7 million comes from $100 million that the state devoted to upgrades to the authority’s buildings.

The Housing Authority is struggling with budget shortfalls to maintain its buildings. The allocation had been in the works with tenant associations and local officials before the shooting of Officer Randolph Holder in East Harlem on Tuesday, officials said. The man charged in the killing, Tyrone Howard, lived in the East River Houses, one of several housing projects along the East Side of northern Manhattan embroiled in territorial gang warfare.

“The brave officers of the N.Y.P.D. have done a great job in bringing crime down all over the city,” Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, said in a statement. “But at public housing developments where you’ve had problems with crime historically, or where we are seeing spikes in violence, residents are understandably worried.

“We’ve heard that concern, and it’s why we’re investing in hardware and technology that will work to deter crime and help police catch criminals.”

Officials with the Housing Authority said they welcomed the assistance and would review the governor’s plans. The agency — which oversees housing for more than 400,000 residents who experience a disproportionately high crime rate compared with the rest of the city — already relies on more than $225 million that the de Blasio administration, the City Council and the Manhattan district attorney’s office have committed toward security measures, the officials said.

State officials said they were still working on a plan to invest the balance of the $100 million allocation.

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